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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL HERMANN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

TRUNK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 373,456, dated November22, 1887,

Application filed May 23, 1887. Serial No. 23 ,081.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HERMANN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in trunks. Its object is a peculiararrangement of the trays, by which they may be swung in or out of theirnormal position, so that the contents of the whole trunk may be reachedwithout lifting out or separating the parts.

The invention will be first fully described in connection withtheaccompanying drawings, and then particularly referred to and pointedout in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like parts are indicated by similarreference-letters wherever they occur throughout the various views,Figure l is a front elevation of a trunk embodying my invention, shownin the open position, with the top trays thrown to one side and thelower tray elevated and resting upon the upper edge of the open cover.Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the open trunk with thetrays in normal position, the body of the lower tray being shown indotted line. Fig. 3 is a detail view taken in transverse section throughline w x of Fig. 2, and drawn to about full size, illustrating mypreferred means for connecting the movable top trays to the body of thetrunk.

The body of the trunk,which is represented by A, with its cover B, areof ordinary construction, and the movable tray 0, with its hinged arms 0and metal angle-pieces c,which are secured at the top to rest upon thefront and back edges of the body and support the tray 0, are also wellknown. These features need not, therefore, be more particularlydescribed.

Upon each end of the body A is an inwardly-projecting ledge, a, whichhave rabbets upon their inner and upper edges, upon which the arms arest when the tray 0 is folded down. The tray 0 is of a size to dropdown between these ledges, the anglelugs c resting upon the front andback of the body (which should be recessed in the usual way to receivethem) to retain the tray in its lower (No model.)

position. The top tray or box is divided into two parts, D and E, eachof which parts may be partitioned into any desired number ofcompartments. These parts D and E, when in their normal position, as inFig. 2, rest upon the edges of the tray 0, and also upon the ledges a.The trays D and E are secured to the ledges a by bolts F, the heads ofwhich are countersunk into the bottom of the boxes from the upper side,and concealed from view when the trunk is finished by a covering, g. Thebottom of the box E has a longitudinal groove or slot, e, nearly itsentire length, through which the bolt F passes, so that it may slidefrom over the tray 0, as seen in Fig. 2. The opposite bolt F passesthrough a hole in the bottom of box D and serves as a pivot upon whichthe box D turns to uncover the tray 0, as in Fig. 1, and cover it, as inFig. 2. When the box D is swung to its place, as in Fig. 2, and the boxE pushed in against it, the two parts are held together by a hook, h, onone part catching with a staple or screw-eye secured in the other part.It will thus be seen that when it is desired to reach the contents oftray 0 the parts are unhooked or disconnected, the part E drawn out, asin Fig. 1, and the part D swung around upon its pivot, as seen in thesame view. To reach the trunk-body, the tray C is lifted up, its rearside being supported upon the front edge of the open cover B, While itsfront side is supported by the arms 0.

I have shown in the drawings my improvement applied to trunks in whichthe trays are lifted to uncover the body; but it is equally applicableto those in which the tray and upper boxes are hinged or arranged tofold back into the top of the open cover to uncover the body of thetrunk. In this latter case the tray 0 is the full length of the trunkand has ledges, as a, upon each end, through which the bolts F arepassed to secure the boxes, in the same manner as shown.

I have shown the boxes and ledges connected by screw-bolts; but it isevident that any well-known guide or pivot connection may be employedfor uniting the parts-as, forinstance, a plain wood-screw or ordinaryrivet.

What I claim isfor retaining the boxes to the ledges, one of said boxesbeing adapted to slide upon its remining-bolt, while the other isadapted to swing upon its bolt as a pivot, substantially as shown anddescribed.

SAMUEL HERMANN.

Witnesses:

GEO. J. MURRAY, MARY L. MURRAY.

